Censorship in Mexico

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Censorship in Mexico includes all types of suppression of free speech in Mexico. This includes all efforts to destroy or obscure information and access to it spanning from the nation's colonial Spanish roots to the present. In 2016, Reporters Without Borders ranked Mexico 149 out of 180 in the World Press Freedom Index, declaring Mexico to be “the world's most dangerous country for journalists.”[1] Additionally, in 2010 the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported that Mexico was "one of the worst nations in solving crimes against journalists."[2] Under the current Mexican Constitution, both freedom of information and expression are to be protected under the legislation from Article 6, which states that "the expression of ideas shall not be subject to any judicial or administrative investigation, unless it offends good morals, infringes the rights of others, incites to crime, or disturbs the public order,"[3] and Article 7 which guarantees that "freedom of writing and publishing writings on any subject is inviolable. No law or authority may establish censorship, require bonds from authors or printers, or restrict the freedom of printing, which shall be limited only by the respect due to private life, morals, and public peace."[3] Mexico is currently a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which gives them the responsibility to uphold these established laws regarding freedom of expression.[2]

Mexico also prohibits cultural appropriation.[4]

  1. ^ "Mexico: Two Mexican journalists murdered in space of three days | Reporters without borders". RSF (in French). 20 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. ^ a b Simon, Joel (2010). "Silence or Death in Mexico's Press" (PDF). Committee to Protect Journalists. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  3. ^ a b "Constitution of Mexico" (PDF). Pan American Union, General Secretariat, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C. 1968. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2004-03-13.
  4. ^ https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/mexico-testing-limits-of-using-law-to-bar-cultural-appropriation [bare URL]